Alice
Education Workshop
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 12, 2009.
Time: 10 AM - 12 AM.
Event Description: Host a tour of a drop-off recycling center.
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Joyce Rotge
Keep Alice Beautiful
Allen
Recycling Collection Event / Art Contest
Location: Allen City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, TX 75013
Date: November 7, 2009
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Event Description: This is a city-wide recycling and donation event hosted by Keep Allen Beautiful and the City of Allen. Participating organizations include Allen Animal Shelter, Allen Community Outreach, Allen Noon Lion’s Club, Community Waste Disposal, Cyclone Aluminum and Steel, First-Shred, Friends of the Library, and The Shoe Bank. We will accept computer and small electronics recycling (no televisions); donations of household items, clothing, accessories, books, music, videos, puzzles, flash cards, gently worn adult athletic shoes, gently worn kids’ shoes (no flip-flops), gently worn sports cleats, eyeglasses of all kinds, eyeglass frames, cell phones, pet products, and more! The North Texas Bicycle Association will collect bicycles, bicycle parts, and/or cash on October 30 in the City Hall parking lot from 4-5 pm and November 7 at One Butler Circle from 10 am- noon. No tires or hazardous chemicals will be accepted at this event. We also have a Recycled Art Contest for Allen ISD students. The artwork will be displayed in the City Hall rotunda during the week before Allen Recycles Day and an awards ceremony will be held in Council Chambers at 11 a.m. on Allen Recycles Day. This event is free to Allen Residents with proof of residency (current water bill). For more information (including en espanol) call 214.509.4551 or email amattle@cityofallen.org. You can also visit http://www.keepallenbeautiful.com/ and click the Public Education and Outreach link toward the bottom.
Website: http://www.keepallenbeautiful.com/
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Keep Allen Beautiful
Aransas Pass
Education Workshop / Awareness Event
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Event Description: Statewide project during the administration of 2010-12 of "Conservation of Natural Resources" which will definitely include recycling. Ladies in Texas will become aware of the many reasins we need to conserve our natural resources and ways in which they can help including personal, local and statewide efforts, including legislative policies that we can bring to the attention of the members of the Texas Legislature.
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Arlington
ARD Display /
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Athens
Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details.
Date: November 14, 2009
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Keep Athens Beautiful
Austin
Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection / ARD Display & Awareness Event
Location: Contact below for details.
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Event Description: Recycling center tours, recycle bin distribution, Fun Run, and recycled/reused product 'swap meets'.
Website: www.recyclingstar.org
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State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR)
Awareness Event / Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive / Youth/School Education
Location: Rooster Elementary School.
Date: November 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Recycle Drive, Waste-free lunch, clothing swap. Students will be making recycled posters.
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Kelly Lane
Rooster Spring Elementary School
Booker
Education Workshop / Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event / Youth/School Education / Other
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 12, 2009.
Time: 10 AM - 12 AM.
Event Description: We plan to jump start our new recycling center, introduce our community to recycling, teach them how to use the recycling center, what we are collection, and get the community involved. We are also presenting to grades Pre-K through 12 to educate them on this process.
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Karen Freelove
Booker ISD
Bryan
Recycling Collection Event / Recycling Contest / Poster Contest
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Keep Brazos Beautiful
Brownsville
Education Workshop / Awareness Event / Shopping Spree Contest / Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 14, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: KBB along with The University of Texas Brownsville will hand out flyers and pamphlets to provide awareness and outreach. Joined by the the Healthy Communities of Brownsville, KBB will also hold a forum on recycling and a "paint a can" contest in order to further educate members of the community on recycling. KBB and the American Boy/Girl Scouts of Brownsville Chapter will be distributing reusable shopping bags and handout leaflets with recycling material.
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Colleyville
Awareness Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 11-15, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Colleyville Middle School in Colleyville, TX has a recycling program already in place, with large recycling bins placed in strategic locations such as the cafeteria. However, we all know that recyclable cans and bottles can still end up in the regular trash bins at times. To further promote the recycling of cans and bottles that sudents use at lunchtimes, Colleyville Middle School students will be able to enter a prize drawing in the cafeteria by attaching their name to a recyclable item and dropping it in a special Recycles Day bin. On November 15 we will draw two names per grade level and award gift certificates to the winners.
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Coppell
Electronics Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 14, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
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Keep Coppell Beautiful
Dallas
Recycling Collection Event
Location: 1st Unitarian Church of Dallas.
Date: November 15, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: E-Waste collection event through church media.
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Contact:
John Whaley
1st Unitarian Church of Dallas
Awareness Event
Location: Contact below for details.
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Event Description: Recycling pick up event.
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Torey Mitchell
Green Dream Recycling
Flower Mound
Awareness Event/ Recycling Contest
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Dawn Olivares
Donald Elementary Environmental Awareness Program
Fort Hood
ARD Display / Poster Contest
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details
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Keep Temple Beautiful
Fort Worth
Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest / Educational Workshop
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 2009
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City of Forth Worth / Keep Fort Worth Beautiful
Glen Heights
Recycling Collection Event/ Youth/School Education
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details
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Event Description: Collect old cell phones and accessories for recycle to be donated to Cell Phones for Soliders and 911PhoneBank for domestic violence and local seniors, and partner with local Lions Club by collecting gently used glasses.
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Grapevine
Recycling Collection Event
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details
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Keep Grapevine Beautiful
Harlingen
Recycling Center Open House / ARD Display / Awareness Event /Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
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Event Description: The recycling center will host an open house with displays, giveaways, refreshments, collection opportunity, and recycling demonstration (items taken and proper sorting and storing techniques.
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Harlingen Proud
Houston
Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive / Awareness Event
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details
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Keep Houston Beautiful
Education Workshop
Location: Contact below for details
Date: November 13, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Contact below for details.
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Dana OLeary
Aker Business Services Inc.
Youth / School Education
Location: Contact below for details
Date: November 18, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Daisy Scout Education for Petal Program.
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Carolyn Taflinger
GS Troops
Awareness Event / Recycling Contest
Location: Martin Elementary School.
Date: November 1-15, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
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Irving
Recycling Collection Event / Youth/School Education
Location: 600 E Las Colinas Blvd.
Date: November 15.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: A collection event at our children's center.
Website:
The Family Center at Las Colinas
Katy
Recycling Collection Event / Buy-Recycled Shopping Spree
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Keep Katy Beautiful
Project Re-Use Fashion Show / Drop & Swap
Location: Fry Road MUD Building - 20111 Saums Road, Katy, TX 77429
Date: November 14, 2009
Time: DROP 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; SWAP 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Fashion Show starts at 5:30 p.m.
Event Description: Drop and Swap, a community-wide recycling event, invites you to DROP electronics, glass, paper, plastic, aluminum/steel cans, household batteries, worn-out athletic shoes, and cd/dvds for recycling AND clothing, personal accessories, books, usable dvds/cds and other household items in the morning. Come back at 4:00 p.m. to SWAP (for free) all clothing and household items dropped in the am. At 5:30 p.m., grab a glass of wine and enjoy the Project Re-Use Fashion Show where students take tossed out clothing and design something new and modern. Be one of the first 250 guests and receive our Green Scene Bag full of goodies and coupons from local/organic businesses. Purchase a raffle ticket or two for a chance to win a Tumbling Composter, Tour and Tasting of Messina Hoff for up to 20 guests, Dynamo Gift Basket and more! Get all the information at www.sustainliving.org or contact Sustainable Living in Houston at 281-304-2257.
Contact:
Sustainable Living in Houston
(281) 304-2257
Killeen
Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive
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Event Description: Collect cans and plastic bottles and provide awareness to the community about the importance of recycling.
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Lake Jackson
Recycling Collection Event / Recycling Contest / Educational Workshop
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Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Litter-Free Parade and Habitat Walk with 1,500+ participants.
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Keep Lake Jackson Beautiful
Lancaster
ARD Display/Booth / Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event / Other
Location: 200 Dallas Ave.
Date: November 21, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: The City of Lancaster is hosting it's first Electronic Waste (eWaste) Event on November 21, 2009 from 9 AM to 2 pm. Anything that runs off of electricity will be accepted. Microwaves, cell phones, appliances, computers, printers and more; call for a complete list. This is a community-wide recycling event to prevent electronics from entering the landfill. Business and Residential welcome. TVs will be accepted at a cost up to $30 depending upon siz and CRTs will be accepted for $5. All other electronics will be free of charge.
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Deborah Willingham
City of Lancaster
Awareness Event / Buy Recycled Shopping Spree / Recycling Contest / Youth/School Education
Location: Contact below for details.
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Laredo
ARD Awareness Event/ Display / Recycling Collection Event/ Poster Contest
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Keep Laredo Beautiful
Magnolia
ARD Display / Awareness Event /Educational Workship
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details.
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J.L. Lyon PTO
McAllen
Other
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Betty Ramirez
Jump Magazine
Mesquite
Mesquite Recycles Day: Recycling Collection Event / Awareness Event
Location: Area Schools. Contact below for details.
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Keep Mesquite Beautiful
Midland
Recycling Collection Event
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Ardmore Beautification Council
Keep Midland Beautiful
New Braunfels
Education Workshop / Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event / Youth/School Education
Location: Contact below for details.
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Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description:
Document shredding, a children's activity, and a teen and adult reuse project are scheduled to take place Saturday, November 14th. America Recycles Day is a public awareness campaign started by the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling. It aims to educate Americans on the environmental and economic benefits of waste reduction and recycling.
The City Recycling Division, Library, and RavenStar Outdoor Education are providing three opportunities for residents to participate in this important day.
From 8am until noon the City Recycle Center will accept up to three boxes of sensitive documents from New Braunfels families. The documents will be placed in a secured container and later shredded and recycled by GreenStar. GreenStar is NAID certified for this service.
At 10am children are invited to an hour-long program held in partnership with RavenStar Outdoor Education at Torrey Park. The program, called "Garbage Detectives" will lead children through and activity where they will learn about what happens to city garbage and how they can reduce, reuse, and recycle.
From 1-3pm teens and adults are invited to an altered books workshop at the library. This reuse activity, called "Book Autopsies" will include a discussion and demonstration followed by hands on help with the creation of tresure chests, scrapbooks, sculptures, and found poetry using old books. Supplies will be provided.
Please call the Solid Waste Recycling Division at (830) 221-4040 with any questions. No registration required for the events. Please bring a picture ID with a New Braunfels address to participate in the shred event.
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Carol Clark
City of New Braunfels
Odessa
Educational Workshop / Awareness Event / Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
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Event Description: As part of this event, residents can drop off bulky items such as furniture, TVs, electronics, e-waste, white appliances and tires at the Odessa Recycle Time Machine to alleviate illegal dumping.
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Patti Collins
Keep Odessa Beautiful
Pearland
Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 14, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: The recycling center will have a special collection of tires and be giving away paint from the reuse stock. A composting demonstration and compost bin sale will also be held.
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Keep Pearland Beautiful
Pittsburg
Awareness Event / Poster Contest
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 4 - 15, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: To promote recycling awareness the school is having a recycling poster contest in Science and Intermediate school art classes, journal writing in 7th grade writing, poetry in 8th grade language arts, and Staggering and Astounding Math Calculations from Recycling Facts activities, and daily public service announcements. We will award recycled trophies to the winners of the art and poster contest.
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Glenda Maxwell
Pittsburg Junior High
Plano
Education Workshop/ Youth Education/ Recycling Contest
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 9-16, 2009
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Kimberly Rutigliano
Childcare at Legacy
Port Aransas
Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 14, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Holding a plant swap, book swap, and collection of used eyeglasses, cell phones, printer cartridges for reuse and recycling. We are parterning with Goodwill Industries to recycle used electronics.
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Contact:
Julie Findley
Keep Port Aransas Beautiful
Richardson
Awareness Event
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Alison Beatty
Students for Environmental Awareness
Richland Hills
Recycles Day Flea Market/ E-Cycling Collection
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 16-20, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Four cities partner for Recycles Day Flea Market. Features 100 Vendors to sell used and/or items made from recyclables. Includes E-Cycling Collection and Document Shredding.
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Northeast Environmental Team - Keep Richland Hills Beautiful
San Antonio
Recycling Kick Off / Education Workshop
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Event Description: Campus wide recycling program.
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Sugar Land
Recycling Collection Event / Educational Workshop / Youth Presentation
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 14, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Latex Recycling Event is for residents or Sugar Land.
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Keep Sugar Land Beautiful
Tyler
Recycling Collection Event / ARD Awareness Event
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Contact:
Keep Tyler Beautiful